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- Title
POPULATION 'HABITATION COMFORT' INDICATORS FOR AREAL COMPARISON IN CENTRAL RUSSIA.
- Authors
Trifonova, Tatiana; Krasnoshchekov, Alexey; Mishchenko, Natalia
- Abstract
This paper reports on research to develop local indicators of 'habitation comfort' that are relevant for population health in the Vladimir region, located in Central Russia. We present a conceptual model based on the literature which led us to include three groups of factors for assessing population habitation comfort: natural-anthropogenic, social and medical-ecological. To assess and display a 'comfort map' of socio-economic conditions, a single database has been developed Higher comfort level is associated with better social-economic conditions, and also with proximity to major economically developed regions like Moscow and Nizhniy Novgorod. The lowest comfort level index was detected in the regions with the worst natural-anthropogenic and social-economic conditions. In further analysis, demographic conditions in the Vladimir region were evaluated by administrative region, and medical-ecological zoning was carried out based on principal causes of diseases affecting the population. Key words: Health, Population, Pollution, Questionnaire.
- Subjects
NIZHNII Novgorod (Russia); RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HABITATS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL zones; ZONING
- Publication
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies & Research in Human Geography, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 2, p55
- ISSN
1843-6587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5719/hgeo.2012.62.55